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And the Band Played on by Shilts, Randy
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 0312241356
- Book Title
- And the Band Played on : Politics, People, and the Aids Epidemic
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.7 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Health & Fitness
- Topic
- Diseases / Aids & Hiv
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 20.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 656 Pages
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By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. "And the Band Played On "is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312241356
ISBN-13
9780312241353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1625116
Product Key Features
Book Title
And the Band Played on : Politics, People, and the Aids Epidemic
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Diseases / Aids & Hiv
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Health & Fitness
Number of Pages
656 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Ra644
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history."--The New York Times "Stunning . . . An impressively researched and richly detailed narrative."--Time "Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote's In Cold Blood."--The Boston Globe "A monumental history."--The Washington Post Book World "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading."--San Francisco Sentinel "A textbook on how institutions work--or fail to work--in the face of such a threat."--San Francisco Examiner "A lucid and stunning indictment of public policy toward the vicious disease . . . A valuable work of political history."--Business Week "Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated."--Publishers Weekly "A popular history of the early years of the AIDS crisis, the book conveys in detail the political complexities--and many different human dimensions--of the story. Reading Shilts, you wonder who will die next. You worry whether this terrible disease can ever be controlled. And you begin to feel anger at what Shilts portrays as the federal government's dithering . . . Shilts has produced the best--and what will likely be the most controversial--book yet on AIDS. Though many of the details in the book are familiar to veteran reporters, Shilts does not shy away from naming names and casting blame. He writes with passionate conviction, which is one of the book's strengths--and also, of course, a sound reason for some skepticism."--Jim Miller, Newsweek "Shilts, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle who has covered AIDS full-time since 1983, takes us almost day by day through the first five years of the unfolding epidemic and the responses--confusion and fear, denial and indifference, courage and determination. It is at once a history and a passionate indictment."--H. Jack Geiger, The New York Times Book Review, "A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history."-- The New York Times "Stunning . . . An impressively researched and richly detailed narrative."-- Time "Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote's In Cold Blood."-- The Boston Globe "A monumental history."-- The Washington Post Book World "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading."-- San Francisco Sentinel "A textbook on how institutions work--or fail to work--in the face of such a threat."-- San Francisco Examiner "A lucid and stunning indictment of public policy toward the vicious disease . . . A valuable work of political history."-- Business Week "Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated."-- Publishers Weekly "A popular history of the early years of the AIDS crisis, the book conveys in detail the political complexities--and many different human dimensions--of the story. Reading Shilts, you wonder who will die next. You worry whether this terrible disease can ever be controlled. And you begin to feel anger at what Shilts portrays as the federal government's dithering . . . Shilts has produced the best--and what will likely be the most controversial--book yet on AIDS. Though many of the details in the book are familiar to veteran reporters, Shilts does not shy away from naming names and casting blame. He writes with passionate conviction, which is one of the book's strengths--and also, of course, a sound reason for some skepticism."--Jim Miller, Newsweek "Shilts, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle who has covered AIDS full-time since 1983, takes us almost day by day through the first five years of the unfolding epidemic and the responses--confusion and fear, denial and lindifference, courage and determination. It is at once a history and a passionate indictment."--H. Jack Geiger, The New York Times Book Review
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Dramatis Personae The Bureaucracy Prologue Part I. Behold, A Pale Horse 1. The Feast of the Hearts Part II. Before/1980 2. Glory Days 3. Beaches of the Dispossessed 4. Foreshadowing 5. Freeze Frames Part III. Paving the Road/1981 6. Critical Mass 7. Good Intentions 8. The Prettiest One 9. Ambush Poppers 10. Golf Courses of Science 11. Bad Moon Rising Part IV. The Gathering Darkness/1982 12. Enemy Time 13. Patient Zero 14. Bicentennial Memories 15. Nightsweats 16. Too Much Blood 17. Entropy 18. Running on Empty 19. Forced Feeding 20. Dirty Secrets 21. Dancing in the Dark Part V. Battle Lines/January-June 1983 22. Let It Bleed 23. Midnight Confessions 24. Denial 25. Anger 26. The Big Enchilada 27. Turning Points 28. Only the Good 29. Priorities 30. Meanwhile 31. AIDSpeak Spoken Here 32. Star Quality Part VI. Rituals/July-December 1983 33. Marathons 34. Just Another Day 35. Politics 36. Science 37. Public Health 38. Journalism 39. People Part VII. Lights & Tunnels/1984 40. Prisoners 41. Bargaining 42. The Feast of the Hearts, Part II 43. Squeeze Play 44. Traitors 45. Political Science 46. Downbound Train 47. Republicans and Democrats 48. Embarrassed 49. Depression 50. The War Part VIII. The Butcher's Bill/1985 51. Heterosexuals 52. Exiles 53 Reckoning 54. Exposed 55. Awakening 56. Acceptance 57. Endgame Part IX. Epilogue/After 58. Reunion 59. The Feast of the Hearts, Part III Notes on Sources Index
Copyright Date
1988
Dewey Decimal
362.1/969792/00973
Dewey Edition
19
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